KATSINA State Governor, Malam Dikko Umar Radda, has called on the federal government to provide additional reinforcements to combat the ongoing security crisis in the state. Governor Radda made the call on Friday, following his visit to Wurma and Birci communities due to the devastating menace of bandits in the …
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THE Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has raised alarm that rampaging bandits terrorising some parts of the state are threatening to attack him. Newsextra24 reports that Radda made this known during an expanded emergency security council meeting at the Government House on Friday. The security meeting had in attendance the heads of …
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THE village head of Kukar Babangida, the Magaji Zauren Katsina, Haruna Ubale, and two of his sons were reportedly killed by suspected bandits in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina state, yesterday. The assailants killed six other persons and burnt five vehicles in the village. The police spokesman in the …
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GOVERNOR Dikko Radda of Katsina State has signed over ₦300.6 billion 2023 Supplementary Budget into law. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the supplementary budget would be deployed to combat insecurity, reduce poverty, and extend assistance to less-privileged individuals …
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NO fewer than 1,070 out of the 4,913 pilgrims from Katsina State had so far been transported to Saudi Arabia for the 2023 pilgrimage. The spokesperson of the State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Badaru Bello-Karofi, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in …
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A five-year-old boy, Abdulmalik Junaidu, was on Monday at about 7pm struck to death by thunderstorm in Nasarawa Yanlemu community in Bakori LGA of Katsina State. Malam Junaidu Gide, the father of the victim said, “When I closed from work at the motor park after Maghrib prayers, it was raining. …
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The Police Command in Katsina State says it has arrested 72 suspected mobile phone snatchers and miscreants, locally known as Kauraye, operating in Katsina, the state capital The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Gambo Isah made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Katsina. He said that the …
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NO fewer than 23 villagers were killed and several others injured on Saturday as terrorists invaded villages in Kankara communities, Katsina State. Those killed include 21 males and two females, a reliable source told DAILY POST. The hoodlums had earlier on Friday attended the wedding party (Walima) of one of …
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FACTS emerged on Friday that terrorists killed 41 guards and injured two others in an ambush on Thursday in the Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State. A statement on the incident by the spokesman for the Katsina Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, on Friday confirmed the incident. The statement …
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At least six persons were killed on Tuesday afternoon when bandits attacked Ruwan Godiya and Kwai communities in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. They also injured scores and rustled several animals. Residents said the bandits, numbering over a hundred, stormed the communities on motorcycles between 12 noon and …
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